Take One Small Step: Use Tiny Actions to Build Habits and Beat Stress
TL;DR The piece advises breaking big goals into the smallest possible initial actions to avoid stress-triggered avoidance and to build…
Ask HN (Jan 2026): Community projects — experimental web DSL and 3D polariser
TL;DR Two Ask HN replies highlight maker and developer work: an experimental pipeline-oriented DSL for web apps with a Rust…
Monthly totals of Stack Overflow questions: counts tracked over time
TL;DR The linked Data.StackExchange query is titled to show the total monthly number of Stack Overflow questions over time and…
California launches DROP to let residents demand data brokers delete info
TL;DR California has rolled out the Delete Requests and Opt-Out Platform (DROP), allowing verified state residents to send a single…
Report: Microsoft removes official offline activation method for Windows 10/11
TL;DR A Neowin report on Jan. 3, 2026 says Microsoft has ended the official way to activate Windows 11 and…
Midnight Raid in Caracas Raises Prospect of an American Protectorate
TL;DR A US operation in Caracas on January 3 removed Nicolás Maduro from power; President Trump announced the United States…
After Maduro’s Arrest, Trump Says US Will Hold Venezuela’s Governance
TL;DR Following a US military operation that led to Nicolás Maduro's capture, President Donald Trump announced that Venezuela will remain…
Xr0 verifier: compile-time checking framework to eliminate C undefined behavior
TL;DR Xr0 is a verifier for C that aims to detect and eliminate a range of undefined behaviours at compile…
DOESNT: a subtractive string-rewriting esolang inspired by LANGUAGE 18
TL;DR A developer published DOESNT, a new esoteric language built as a single-string rewriting system that describes what computations it…
As deep-sea mining race ramps up, mission will assess whether ecosystems recover
TL;DR Science reports that activity around deep-sea mining is accelerating, and a planned mission aims to evaluate whether affected ecosystems…